Cutis
/ˈkjutəs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis.
"I was once, I remember, called to a patient who had received a violent contusion in his tibia, by which the exterior cutis was lacerated, so that there was a profuse sanguinary discharge […]"
- 2 a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch wordnet
- 3 The peridium of some fungi.
Synonyms
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More examples"I was once, I remember, called to a patient who had received a violent contusion in his tibia, by which the exterior cutis was lacerated, so that there was a profuse sanguinary discharge […]"
Etymology
From Latin cutis (“living skin”).